On 19 June 1846, the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club travelled across the Hudson River to play against the New York Nine at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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The ball sailed over the right-field fence to land in Lexington Avenue that ran alongside Cleveland’s League Park.
Painting the windows of the Astrodome significantly improved the situation for the players, but in turn led to the grass inside dying from a lack of light. It was replaced with an artificial alternative, which became known as AstroTurf.
As the series progressed the Reds unexpectedly gained the upper hand, which puzzled fans and raised suspicions that some members of the White Sox team had deliberately thrown the games in exchange for financial rewards from gamblers.
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